New Mobile Techs For Insurance Agents

More and more, insurance agents and their clients are relying on mobile devices to do business.

Five apps—two from a well-known insurance company and three from a growing mobile technology company—promise to streamline life insurance and healthcare services.

John Hancock launches iPad apps

Like a lot of insurance professionals, John Hancock’s agents are trading in their laptops and notebooks for iPads. Two new iPad apps, JH MarketPlace and JH Life BriefCase, have been announced specifically to meet the needs of these agents. Both apps can be downloaded from Apple’s App Store.

In case you didn’t already know, John Hancock is one of the major life insurers in the U.S. The company is a unit of Manulife Financial, a global financial services group.

According to a John Hancock media release, JH MarketPlace gives agents instant and comprehensive access to the company’s large portfolio of underwriting and new business sales materials, advanced markets and life insurance products. John Hancock says these resources are continually updated and are previewable, printable and can be emailed. The app offers easy navigation with an intuitive interface and searchable, well-organized materials.

The JH Life BriefCase app allows agents to store client-related documents and illustrations in one central repository. The app also enables the user to organize and manage the illustrations and information for John Hancock’s Universal Life, Survivorship Universal Life and Term Life products. Illustrations, policy notes and information may be arranged by case, client, family or however the agent likes. In addition, John Hancock says illustrations from i-Illustrate, JH Illustrator, or JHIllustrator.com can be downloaded and saved.

Kony Solutions unveils health/insurance apps

In other health insurance technology news, Kony Solutions, Inc., a mobile application platform developer, recently demonstrated its latest suite of mobile and tablet applications aimed at healthcare and insurance organizations. Kony showed off the applications at a meeting of Blue Cross and Blue Shield executives.

The apps, Mobile Insurance Agent, Mobile Health Plan and Mobile Pharmacy, are intended to streamline interactions between insurance agents, their policyholders and the health professionals they work with. They let insurance agents and clients view claims, locate a provider and compare plan benefits using smartphones, web browsers and tablet devices.

Kony Mobile Insurance Agent is another tool for insurance agents to engage with their customers. Kony says the mobile app ensures the accurate and timely flow of leads and policy information, allowing agents to optimize customer appointments, quickly search policies or claims and offer instant quotes while meeting with a prospect.

Tricia Sharpton is currently the Product Manager of Financial Service Education for learninsurance.com , one of the leading online financial services education providers. Her experience lies in day to day management of Financial Services education production, accreditation, customer service, marketing, and quarterly/yearly strategic planning, as well as identifying and establishing new business development ventures.Before join 360training.com, Tricia operated her own Financial Services practice that focused on life insurance and investment planning for small business owners and families in the Austin area. Tricia holds a Texas Life and Health license, Series 6, and 63 license. Prior to Tricia becoming a licensed agent, she recruited new agents for a large life insurance company. Her expertise as an agent and recruiting agents offers her a unique insight rare to her role as a Product Manager. Tricia earned her Bachelor’s degree from Troy University with a major in Business Management.
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